Andy Crawford Photography I have lived in Nashville since I was 5 years old. Prior to that, I was an Air Force brat who lived in a new city and state every year, and in 1991, my parents decided to leave the Air Force and settle down in Nashville. The rest is history. Now, I did spend some time living in New York City and South Korea in my adulthood, but Nashville always pulled me back into its orbit, especially when the city started to blow up. Around 10-15 years ago, Nashville began making news. There'd always been a slight hum because of country music and its direct connection to the music industry in Los Angeles, but there were other factors in Nashville's booming growth at play like the healthcare industry, financial incentives for founding a start-up in the city, and further incentives for larger businesses (like Amazon, Google, etc.) building assets within city limits.  Since around 2005, Nashville has seen Amazon and Google build here, new start-ups like SmileDirectClub

  For an explanation of what's happening here, please visit THIS BLOG POST . If you choose to participate, make sure you sign up to join the community so you can share your work with us (not a requirement, of course, but that's the fun of it!). Prompt Rules: Using the above image, write something. 250 words shall be your limit and the limit of your words shall be 250. Any style. Any Genre. No smashing the stories. We are not here to crush each other. We are here to help each other fly as best we can. That includes your own story. We are all learning and getting better. This is part of it. Please note that, if you want to share your work with us and read others' submissions, it would need to be done so on the community discord or Facebook group (see blog post mentioned above). Jimmie's comments on that are as follows: Post your story on your own web place then post the link here so we may ooh and aah over it with great appreciation. If you don't have your own web pl

 Hello friends! Back in January, I joined an online writing community that has been an absolute game-changer for me, and I want to share it with you.  I've actually been "part" of the community for quite some time now, but I joined the associated Discord at the beginning of the year, and am so glad that I did because it has helped me to grow immensely over the last month and a half. It's even helped me to break through the mental barriers that were keeping me from moving forward with Spectre , and I'm actually *excited* about writing again. ^ me rn Get ready for some links and resources (all links open in new windows)! First is the Write Now podcast created by Sarah Rhea Werner (creator of the Girl in Space audiodrama podcast ).  Write Now is a fantastic resource for strengthening your writing craft, learning about and building your own process, creating characters that are interesting and dynamic, etc. It really is a great tool, and I recommend you start listen

Hi all. As a fun little side note, I wrote this back in 2019, and it's been sitting in my drafts ever since. I thought it might be fun to post it anyway. I may end up posting something else this week, but I hope this makes you smile at the very least. 1,2,3, GO! I found a fun little writing prompt on Twitter via @WritingPrompt_s , and it made me laugh, so we're going to give it a whirl! Regarding formatting, I can't really be as specific here on Blogger as I'd like without HTML coding, but you and I both know I can't be bothered with HTML formatting since Myspace fell out of favor. I know we all love a scrolling header, but mama's got stuff to do. Without further ado, here's the prompt. Political Debates are now settled by feats of skill, somewhat like the olympics. Write about the current candidates for President. #writingprompts — Writing Prompt_s (@WritingPrompt_s) September 14, 2019 FADE IN: INT. CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC STADIUM - 9:59 AM Uproario